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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1926
(Every Morning Except Monday)
I
S GANG FEUD SIZZL
New
LLINOI
NG
Railroads,
Steamers
in Grip
of Storm
Middle West Suffers and
Rivers Not Yet Froz
' en Approaching Flood
Stages Rapidly.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (Uni
ted Press) Midwinter gules
lashed the middle went today,
piling Know in huge drifts that
delayed ruilroud service and
damaged . steamers on the
Great Lakes.
Hub-freeslng tompcraturca pre
vailed ihrough n area comprising
aeven 'tin and weather observers
Mid the mercury waa al til falling.
Hirers which have not yet been
froien over wore approarhlng flood
elags as result of the heavy annw
fall, wlilrh haa swelled thorn. Tho
llllnoia rlvtr at Prardsinwn la tin
Ing at the ran of 12 Inchea every!"1"1 """ "" I exported tome
II ho ura knd It la fearej flood
alaga will toon he reached.
Uhlpimg on Lake Superior la
completely at a atandatlll an.1 alorni
warnlnsa haro been laauad at all
porta nn Li!:c M l i It: an.
The ateamer t'oltonwood on l-akc
fluperlor went pn the rock. 6 mile.
up from Hanlt Bt. Marie and wa.
almoal completaly .wrecked. Her
erew of 24 took to boata and aue-
raedtHl In reaching ahcta. The men
i''iio.n Hio.i. i u lun
took refine nl flahlnx ahacka and !
' " i 1 u V it aifaithj
are runnlug low on food auppllea. ., .
ltellef In oolng dlapatched fromllg (jf Tilled in JWrS.
Haul! Bt. Marie. I,. wa a .ri
Heveral veaaela on ljike ' .Michi
gan, reported lout, made port to
day, but In a I in out every cane they
(Continued on I'nge Kli)
Valley
Hotel is
Open to Public
Place of Beauty
When on the aland to Identify tho
. One of the moat Inviting and ,,,,, record o( r. M,.COi
homelike In.tltutlona In tho city fjM ilMtnAi d,.fnile .ttorney. aud
Klamath Valla la the Valley hotol drnly ,eeu,ci i,r. ,.c, of being
on l-lne atreet. which adjoin, the of llllllrlmrnl.
Klamath Valley honpllal. .. . ,
Thla hoatelry. which proml-e. In ' w h ,h1 ,hh
become one of the moit popular"" mr ho,d- Dr notin teUfA
atopplng place. In the city, haa been "r- "oalca repeated again that,
leaaed lo C. U, . McLean, widely ln n, opinion, atrychnlne polaonlug
known hotel mm nf the we.t. who ! rauacd the death of l)r. Mctiee here.
recently came hero from t'.lnlie.
Arltona. and who la fiirnlahlng tho
DO rooma with the very latcat and
up-to-the-mlniito effccla.
Forty rooma were thrown open lo
the public thla week and the ad-
dlllonal Ion room, will be ready
for service within tho next few,
days. Kvery room possesses an out
TtXi?" nrin,m",t
Twenty-five rooma have been pro
vided with baths, and fifteen rooms
hive private telephones. There are
sample . rooma on the aecond and
third floors for traveling men,
which will make the Valley hotel
prove ono of tho most popular stop
ping places In the city. In ad
dition there Is a spacious lobby.
Kurnlshings In tho hotel are of
tho very host, and Manager Mc
Lean atatea that service tincxcolled
will always provall.
The Valley hotel was built by Dr.
L. L. Truax and Dr. Warren Hunt,
owners of the Klamnth Valley hos
pital, who Imvo great fullh In tho
futuro of Klamath Falls, and who I
maintain ono of tho best equipped
nd most modern hospitals on tho
l'nclflc const.
Sleeping Man Is
Robbed of Money
And Fine Watch
. Claiming Hint someone had en- '"J" will stage a return dobato.
lured his room at a locnl hotel and I Klamath will take the affirmative,
npproprlaled 1128 In rash nnd a I and Henley tho negntlvo of tho qucs
flno watch, Frank Bchenlrlh report-. lln"'
cd tho matter to tho police yester- According to announcement made
day morning, flchcnlrth snld he by I'rlnclpnl Paul T. Jackson last
waa sleeping soundly At tho time of
the robbery nnd tlliluiot discover hi
loss until several hours Inter.
Hchenlrlh claims his home at
8clo, Oregon, and has been here
looking after business mutters for
tho past few days,
BOOTLEG QUEEN,
FUGITIVE, FOUND
AT MIAMI, r LA.
Ml.t.MI. Flu.. Nov. SH Itulll
Ailcllr Hmllh. SM, Ma 1'atrlrla
llclidi-nuin, allrgiil "IxMillog qucru
of I hp Pacific const," vaa taken
Into ruatiHly here IihU)' by poller,
Mho claim aim liaa Ima a fugitive
from JuMlrp since November,
IIKtl. Mile formerly llt'rd III HmII
Fralli'luro.
Game Commission
Appointee Wanted
by Klamath County
Sportsmen's Association Will
Meet Monday and Recom
mend Person to Gov.-Elect j
Patterson for Hi Approval:
I
Tlma fur In lo Klamath I
count) ha realised SI.1..VIU..VI
for fhlilng and hunting llrcnws.
all of which on Into Hip slnlp
roffrnt, Till num. according la
hp klaniath Hnnriainrn'a
Hon, la proof enough why Hlam
alh county should Ik- represented
on Hip state gamp rommlaalon.
' Because of the strong feeling In
the county In regard to thla matter,
tho Klamath Sportsmen's aaaocla-l county neann unit, announcea yes
tlun will hold an open meeting lerdsy that all teachera In Klamath
l,l.r eiiln at 7:30 In the county. Ill order to preaorre tho
chamber of commerce rooma for the
I pnrpoae of 'ritacuaalng the matter.
local man will bo endorsed for the
ponlllon. and hla name aent to the J
governor with the aaaoclatlon a
lecoinnieiidutlon for li la appointment.
Several yeara ago ('. V. Stone wn
a member of tho atate game com
mlaalou, but alnce that tlmo Klam
"V." f"
I?" ,of ".,0 ,nri ,l",t "
ath haa not been repreaenled In
a one nf
tha flnoat gjiino , tectlona . of tho
country.
. ... .
S t Q t O VVlttlAGC
Mcuee murder tasc
TILLA MOOK. Nov. 20. I United
Newa) An Implication by the de
fenno that Dr. It. A. Doalea, atate
wltnena waa afraid of being Indict
ed In connection with the death of
Dr. Mctiee waa ono Highlight of
the trial today In which Mra. Kvn
ihu,
ee la charged with polaoulng
aband.
AtiKiist 17. while he waa recovering
from Injuries received In on auto
mobile accident, and during the time
he waa under hia wife's care at her
hotel here.
Mra. Mctiee wua' emotionul during
the trial today, .bowing the strain
of the ordeal.
Klamath Debaters
Of High School
Win Over Henley
Klnmath Falls hopped off on thr
first victory of tho year when the
high school debating team sent the
Henley dcuiilors dowa to defeat Fri
day evening at the Henley high
school by unanimous decision of
three Bonnnia Judges. This Is the
first county leaguo debate.
Tho question. "Itesolred , that
semester final written examinations
uli.nlil Iia .linllkti.Ml (rnm kltrli
BCi,00Bi" wn . , th, ncKave
by Klutuiith, represented by Molvln
Knglo and Kthel llughcy. The affir
mative uphold by Herbert Wilson
and Itiilph Hill of Henley, had many
convincing arguments despite, the
defeat administered by the foreign
nrgumentors.
The same question will lie fought
out on the Klamath platform ln the
near future when Klnmath and Hen-
night, the basketball schedule will
he nnnounned within
week by A. K, Htreot,
the coming I
prlnclpnl of
the Mnlln high school, who haa pre
pared the county schedule subject
to, the approval nf other coachos
jiuid school principals.
iO" 1 J.U C
11 C a 1 1 11 01
Teachers,
Children
Excellent
Klamath is Only County
in State Responding
to Rigid Inspection as
provided by Statute.
Despite the fact that strict
health regulations are urged
in all of Oregon's 36 counties,
Klamath is the only one in the
state that is following the de
mand of the stato health unit
with rigid inspection of stu
dents and teachers.
Dr. G- A. Newaom, rotinty health
offlrnr and head of the Klaniath
health of the pupils with whom ther
coma In contact orery day, will be
aaked to aign a certificate of health
allowing them examined rerently for
tuberciiloala and other communl-
cable diaeaaea.
Rule, and regnlatlona of the Ore
gon State Hoard of Health, Mac. 6?.
mates that any poraon auffering
from ; any communicable dlacate
ahall not be employed aa teacher or
Janitor In the achoola of thin atate.
At the opening of 'each annual term,
tenehara and Janitor, mu.t furnl.h
a health certificate from a regl.ter
ed phyaielan, addreeaed lo the sup
erintendent of echool. for tho muni
cipality or district In which they
are employed, certifying that they
are not affected with tubcrculonla
or any other communicable dlftea.e.
"The teachera we have examined
so far," Dr. New.om stated yester
day, "are In excellent health aa I
(.Continued on rago Six) '
Irish Free State
Is Preparing To
Meet Emergency
DUll I. IN, Nov. 20. (United
Press) Tho Irish Free Stale to
night Issued a proclamation declar
ing a state of national emergency
exists because of recent raids hy
republicans In various part of Ire
land. Hauling parties In the last week
have Invaded troop headquarter,
barrucks and guardhouses In sev
eral sections. Violence accompan
ied aomo of tho raids aud acreral
persons were killed.
The proclamation, hus given tho
executive council of tho Free State
special powera to arrest, detain and
intern any person suspected to dis
affection to the state.
Proclamation of the emergency
was hastened by an attack today on
C'rumlln police barracks, three miles
from Dublin, whero raiders spatter
ed rovolver bullets against barracks
walla for ten minutes. One police
man and one raider were wounded.
A flying squad of detectives
scoured the district, arresting eight
persons.
American Legion .
Planning Winter
Entertainment
The winter soi'iul season of Klam
ath Falls Pont No. 8, American
Legion, will begin on Tuesday eve
ning, November 30, at Memorial
building, and this will bo follow
ed by an evening at home at least
once each month. The first event
will be devoted to dancing, preced
ed by varied program of music
and recitations, while light refresh
ments will be served. ,
All ex-service men residing In
Klamath county, with their lady
friends, aro Invited to bo present.
It Is planned tutor In the soason
to organlso a ladles' auxiliary.
I,(H'KKI t HII.DKN IN' HOI HK:
THKV AUK lll'IINKII TO IIKATH
WEIeNKU, N. I)., Nov, 20 (UP)
Locked Inside their home, the
two children of Mr. nnd Mrs. Mike
Jasslck perished today In 1, flro
which destroyed the building, while
I ho parcuta n ero working outside.
! TRAPPER IN IDAHO
BAGS ODD ANIMAL
WHILE TRAPPING
ItlTKItT. Idaho. Nor. 20.
Jacob Hchrak, a trapprr of whip
pNrlrnep. operating In the film
nma district, la at a loaa to ex
plain cither Ihp presence or the
lih lilll) of aa animal that got Into
one of lila tra hut week. In
aln and aluipe It resemble a
wolf, hut la yellow In color and
haa a Iouk. bushy tall, tipped with
lilark. Kchenk pronouucea the
aiilmnfoiir of thp strangest In
lila experience, and la keeping the
pa-It, hoping to l.-ara I lie name of
thr aolutal that wore U.
1 1
President Hall
Of University
To Visit Here
Noted Educator Due to Deliv
er Address in High School
Auditorium Friday Evening,
December Tenth.
Word waa rrrelvril In Klam
ath Falls yratftttay afternoon by
Paul T. Jackson, principal of
Kluuiatti county high arhool, tell
UK of tiro proposed visit of Or.
Arnold llcnnelt Hnll, president of
the t'nlTcralty of Oreg-on, who
will aihlrPM the student body of
the hlxh achool, Oregon alumni,
and former atuirenta, on Decem
lpr IO.
The message was slcned by Tan
(larke. aa!etaut director of exten
sion work at the University of Ore
gon, who will probably accompany
President Hall to Klamath county.
The university head's Itinerary has
not been formally, announced.
The educator IsTquite well known
on tha Pacrtia canst,. wrjr he has
lived but a short time. He 4a head
of one of. tha most actlvo achoola
In the west, the University of Ore
gon. President Hall accepted the
poet that he now occupies follow
ing the untimely . death ot Prince
Campbell, one ot the moat beloved
figures In Oregon's school history.
President Hall came westi to Ore
gon from the University of Wiscon
sin whtre he served as professor of
political economy. It Is on this sub
ject that President Hall haa be
come a notable figure In the edu
cational world. '
A reception Is to be tenderd
President Hall hy University stu
dents and friends in Klamath Falls,
when he addresses them on Devem
ber 10. Friday afternoon. In the
auditorium of the high school.
Effort Is Made
To Rescue Men
Buried In Mine
Diamond Drill Used to Furn
ish Opening for Air; Be-
. lieved that Five of Six Men
in Lehigh Valley Mine Alive
H.17.KLTOX, Pa.. Nov. 20
(l'.l) Hope of reaming at least
live of the six im entombed for
IHI hour In tho Tomhlrkcn col
liery (lf the Lehigh Valley Coal
company was rev I veil hero la to
today.
Shortly before 2:30 p. hi. the
diamond drills which early today
began boring down towards the
breasts where tho men are believed
imprisoned had penetrated to a
depth of 37 feet.
This is more than halt of the
distance to breasts. which are ap
proximately 75 feet under the sur
face. The ,17 feet had been negolated
In ten hours.
Mine officials said they hoped to
complete"1 the drill hole either late
today or early tomorrow morning.
Willie It will bo impossible to en
tor tho mine,' It. will he possible to
obtain a circulation ot air, and get
food and water to the Imprisoned
men and lo ascertain It they are
alive.
Gloystein Plans
Building Pretty
Little Bungalows
Henry (lloysteln, 1610 Lookout
street, will put two first clans
bungnlows tinder construction In
tho Immediate future, according to
permits Issued yesterday from the
office of Lcm L. Uughagen, city
clerk.
One of the homes will be built nt
a cost of 11.600 on Ucrllngs street,
the other on Cook street, to cost
Hootch to
be Sold By
Statute is
Late Plan
Andrews Suggests Big
Corporation H a n d 1 e
Liquor Under Super
vision Uncle Sam. '
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20
(United Press A congression
ally created "private corpora
tion" to purchase all bonded
stocks of liquor and to have
complete and exclusive right
to manufacture and distribute
medicinal liquors-was recom
mended today by Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Lin
coln C. Andrews.
Secret ry of the Treasury Mellon
baa approved Andrews' proposal,
and a bill embodying this plan to
provide the United 8tates with three
million gallons of whiskey a year
will be aubmitted to congress with
in a month.
Pointing out that the existing liq
uor supply for medicinal purposes
will be exhausted ln five years, that
under present laws large quantities
of rum are diverted Into bootleg
channels and that the price of
medtcinaJ-. whiskey Js iwrtaia. .to go
higher as tha supply of bootleg liq
uor diminishes, Andrews says "the
one . best practical solution". . for
these problems Is: ' 1 ; ' '.'
Would bo Monopoly .
"That congress ahall set up a
private corporation which 'would Be
In fact a benlflcent monopoly in
that It would purchase and own all
the medicinal spirits In the coun
try, and be the, sole source ot sup
(Contlnued on Pago Scrca)
Rail Officials
Heading Toward
Sale of Railway
BUTTE. Mont.. Nor. 20. Butte
was waiting today for the receiver's
sale of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railway, scheduled tor
Monday morning, hardly knowing
what to expect.
Among the men expected here for
the sale are Hahnauer, Robert T.
Swalne, counsel for Kubn Ixeb and '
company: Pierpont V. Davis, vice!
president ot the National City com
pany; Guy Harrtrk, counsel for the
bondholders committee: E. S. Suth
erland, counsel for the Guaranty
Trust company: II. E. Byram, Mark
W. Cotter, and K. J. Brundage, Mil
waukee, receivers; H. H. Field, gen
eral Milwaukee counsel; C. O. Brad
shaw, general manager, and aereral
western Milwaukee officials.
Proponents of
Fall-Doheny Are
Becoming Active
WASHINGTON. Not. 20 (Uni
ted News) Mysterious efforts to1
discover whether prospective Jurors!
In the Fall-Doheny criminal trial)
starting hero Monday have Ku Klux,
Klan adulations were under invest- j
igation by U. S. District Attorney!
Peyton Cordon here 'Saturday night, j
At the same time the govern-
mem announoed that If had sub-!
poenacned 78 witnesses with more
to follow to tell the sensational i
stories disclosed ln the Walsh Tea-1
pot Dome oil Investigation and es
pecially the f 100.000 "little black
hag" transaction between Edwin L.
Doheny, oil multimillionaire, and
Albert II. Fall, secretary of the In
terior on November SO, 1921.
Former Attorney General Harry
M. Daugherty, Edward B, McLean,
who suld at one time that It was he
who had loaned the money to Fall,
tour U. S. senators and one former
senator were among the list of
government witness announced by
Atlee Pomerene nnd Owen J. Rob
erts, special government counsel In
th!a case. i
WKATIIKH FORECAST
OREGON: Rnln tonight and Sun
day; moderate temperature.
THIRTY-THREE RUM
RUNNERS GOBBLED
UP IN LAW'S NET
XKW VOHK. Sot. 24). Thirty
Ihm men, thirteen of ifo'in mrm
brin of the cvmmt giutr-d, and one
former tlrpartment of Jiwttce
jsjcni, were Indirtetl today mm
metubeni of a rum rlnjr, operatlmx
ft own rewielii between ('Jimulian
port, HI. Pierre, Mlqurloa anil
I(um Itow.
County Clerk Is
Making Ready For
Coming Election;
Registration Cards Mailed to ;
900 Men and Women Who
Were Sworn in at Last Gen-
eral Election November 2. !
There will be no hitch In thr
elect ion of December 21 when
Klamath Falls marches to the
nulla to di-cklp on the VM.70
bond election' If tliarlea leLap,
deputy county - clerk. '' haa any
thing to aay about It, and he
thlnka he baa. '
DeLap waa completing the ' de
tails which surroond the mailing of
900 registration tarda to men and
women within the city limits of
Klamath Falls who were' sworn In
during the election of November 2.
That this Is the greatest number
ever sworn into any election, spec
ial or municipal, waa stated by De
Lap yesterday when he prepared
the cards to mailing. j
"The cards are to be filled out,
algned and returned to the county
clerk's office." DeLap atated. "ln
order that the voters will have no
difficulty In obtaining the right to
vote when they next go to the
POlls.".; i t -.
w m i. . r I
JYieaiord oneepman ,in' i'' . touowera or
5s, ' . "Robin Hood" Charles Birger, lead-
LonlessesArson;:"0' " f ,ihr an "Tr-
TT - , , 4 . ; Birger himself lent strength to thla
HCld fOr l r 1 a theorr wbn n expressed diaap
' , ' . . I pointment that the bombs "were
MEDFORD. Not. 20. (United
News! W. H. Lewis, an old time
sheepman and well known In Jack
son county, is at liberty today pn
$3,000 bond after being bound over
to the grand Jury after a prelim
inary bearing on a charge of arson.
His arrest came In the wake of
an Investigation of the burning of j
the Lewis barn on November S. j
causing a loss ot 30.000 pounds of
wool, valued at $12,000.
Officers said that Lewis stoutly;
maintained his Innocence at first.)
but weakened later and signed n
written confession.
Christmas Seal
Campaign Starts
in This County
Mrs. Roland Wright; county chair
man for the sale of Christmas seals,
reports that her organisation Is now
completed, and that supplies are in
readiness for distribution when the
campaign opens after Thanksgiving.
Women who are assisting Mrs.
Wright ln the coming campaign for
the tubercular society are Mrs. W.
O. Smith and Mrs. William Duncan,
who will look after the distribution
ot posters; Mrs. Harry Poole will,
take care of motion picture slides;
Mrs. 'G. A. Bellman has been ap-
nnlnlari t n .1 1 rot ftiA mIa nf itimni
In the city schools, and Miss May -
belle Leavltt, publicity.
Garner of Texas
Told by Mellon
to Mind Business
WASHINGTON, Not. 20 (United
Press) Representative
ncr, Texas, democrat.
John Gar -
called on
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
Just to say "howdy."
Garner was asked if he discuss
ed tax reduction with Mellon.
"Well. 1 tried to convince the
secretary how impossible his po
sition was, nnd he told me how
foolish I was.
"Neither was convinced."
Garner said he Was confident con
gress would not adopt the Mellon
Coolldge credit plan for a fifteen
per cent reduction on 1828 earned know It. When he entered ' a
Incomes. He favors a reduction In ' restaurant on Main street Friday
automoMIe and corporation taxes. I night and partook of a light lunah,
"It's not fair for the government i some sneakthlet unfastened a largo
to give back $250,000,000 to cor-.sample case ot tobacco and decamp
poratlons for taxes that have al- ed. The auto waa parked near
ready been passed on to consumers.
Why give back the Aluminum com
pany money they have already col
lected from housewives?" he demanded.
Outbursts
Occur by
Throwing
of Bombs
Mayor Adams of West
City was Target and
Jucplosion Heard for
Miles; No Injuries.
HARRISBURG, 111., Nov. 20
(United News) Fresh out
breaks of violence in southern
Illinois' gang feud were fearW
ed by . authorities . of three
counties today. . They .were
virtually without means ; of
preparing to cope with the sit
uation, however, because tfceV
were
uncertain what attack
might occur. . -. ', V C
The bombing ot the home of May
or John Adams, of West City la
certain to bring acts of reprisal.
Sheriff. Henry Dorris of FrankUa
county where the bombing occurred,
told the United Press. '. "'
Mayor Adama'. borne waa the tar
get for thre powerful dynamite
bombs, hurled from a passing auto
mobile. , The explosion was heard
for miles around and the house was
badly wrecked. Neither the mayor
nor any of his family was Injured.
The Lombing, autbbrltlea feel cer-
not thrown tar enough."
The f heltou gang, rivals of the
Birger faction for control ot the
Illicit liquor business in southern .
(Continued on Pag Six.) '
T
Everett Couple
Facing Charge y
Wilful Murder
V '.
EVERETT. Wash.. Nov. le.-i-(United
News') Formal mtrrdvr
charges were tiled In Everett today
against Edward Lee Faaick and Jls
wife, Esther, former assistants1 et
Charles R. Harris, whose body was
found near Edmonds. ' a week ago
last Wednesday.
Harris, a former resident, of Ken
osha, Wis., had been slugged and
shot. He had been dead from sla,
weeks to two months when the body
was found. It waa estimated.
Prosecuting Attorney C. T. Rose
roe ot Everett said that request will
be made to Governor Roland Hart
ley early this week to have the
couple " returned from the state
prison to tha 8nohomish county
Jail. . . . v .
The Faslcks are serving sentences
In connection with, the payroll
holdup of Bon March store here' a
year ago. They were taken to pris
on three weeks ago. :'
'We feel that with the aecnaed
!Pl under our thumb we can
handle the case much better," John
C. Richards, assistant prosecutor,
said.
Bad blood had existed between
Faslck and Harris for soma tlma,
according to authorities., who ad
mitted they were at a loaa to de
termine a definite motive tor the
alleged murder. ., ".'.
They declared, however, that Fas-
: Ick may hare feared Harris '.'would
I talk too much" about the Bon
( Murche robbery, In which members
of the Faslck gang got $22,200.;.
Tobacco Salesman
Furnishes Weed to
Several Unknowns
L. M. Julian, tobacco salesman.
! was a Rood Samaritan and didn't
Fourth and Main streets, but Jul
ian failed to discover any aroma Jn
that vicinity that would aerva aa a
guiding star leading him to the
stolen tobacco. - ?